I agree with my esteemed buddy, all you said is true!!! I am so glad that you decided to join us!
I also had a friend give me a dried dipper/drinking gourd with seeds in it a little while ago. The gourd spent 2 minutes out in the shop with the drill press and a home-made seed hook to get the seeds out. I've already got the seeds in dirt in Dixie Cups(tm). I would love to have drinking gourds on the property. Friend said they came from AZ and were growing wild.
/johnny